London- urban change city 1

Question 1

London City’s Opportunities Social:

Answer 1

London has various cultural attractions such as the upcoming Shoreditch area.

Popular with young people, recreation, entertainment, and new creative industries.

Transport – Crossrail.

Question 2

• what are the opportunities for recreation and entertainment ( urban change social opportunities)

Answer 2

the population of Shoreditch has changed. many older residents and Bangladesh families are moving away. as a result of rent prices going up. in their place young professional workers many in the finance and creative industries are moving in. this process of rising property prices and changing population is known as Gentrification.

with new younger population have come some forms of recreation and entertainment Shoreditch is now one of the most vibrant parts of London.

Question 3

• what is the cultural mix in Shoreditch (urban change creating social opportunities)

Answer 3

old industrial buildings have been converted to flats and offices

shoreditch is more attractive

Jobs have been created in new creartive industries such as web design, flimmaking and art

Pubs and bars have been brought back into life as resturants and art galleries

Question 4

improvements planned for Londons transport

Answer 4

cross rail is a new, east-west route across London due to open in 2018, linking Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east with reading and Heathrow in the west. it will tunnel under the city center reducing journey times and increasing the total number of passengers journeys in London. Already, Crossrail 2 is being planned for 2030.

Question 5

• describe the use of transport in London

Answer 5

In 2014 roughly 73 million passengers used underground trains and buses in London each week- 25 million on the underground and 50 million on buses.

Question 6

• impacts of transport changes (urban change social opportunities)

Answer 6

raise property values by about 23% around station along the Crossrail route

reduce journey times from liver pool street to Heathrow will fall over an hour to 35 minutes.

increase the number of rail passenger journeys in London by 10% or an extra 200 million journeys a year

Bring an extra 1.5 million people within a 45-minute journey of central London increasing the number of people who can commute to work in London

encourage further regeneration across London providing access to thousands more jobs

improve assess for disabled people to new stations with no steps from platforms to street levels